09:38:00

Former world 100m record holder Asafa Powell has been banned for 18 months for doping offences. The 32 year old athlete was banned by the Jamaican Anti-doping disciplinary commission for testing positive for banned substance oxilofrine before running at the 2013 National Championship.

A disciplinary panel of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission announced today Thursday April 10th that the Powell will be excluded from competition until December 2014, with the ban backdated to the time of his original sample collection in June 2013.

He's permitted to return to competitions on Dec. 20 2014. He has since said he plans to appeal against the 'unjust' ban. Powell won gold medal in 2008 after he completed the 100m dash in 9.79secs. He was out-shined the following year by Usain Bolt.

09:07:00
Dr. Yuanyuan Zhang, assistant professor at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, demonstrates the process used to engineer a vaginal organ. Zhang first selects a scaffold made of a biodegradable material.Dr. Yuanyuan Zhang, assistant professor at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, demonstrates the process used to engineer a vaginal organ. Zhang first selects a scaffold made of a biodegradable material.

Zhang then coats one side of the scaffold with epithelial cells, isolated from a small biopsy of the patient's external genitals. Zhang then coats one side of the scaffold with epithelial cells, isolated from a small biopsy of the patient's external genitals.

08:45:00


Monica tried to relaunch her acting and modeling career at the end of 2010 but her husband objected from the get-go, according to the source close to the investigation.
And when he discovered she had also done an underwear shoot with fashion photographer Kenneth Matthews he 'hit the roof;' 
Their relationship fell apart and they began a bitter custody battle over their two daughters. Some months later Monica discovered her husband had been taped trying to hire a friend to kill her.

12:46:00

There are reports of heavy gunfire exchanges around the presidential Villa and the headquarters of the Department of State
Services in the Asokoro District of Abuja early this morning.

The SSS said the gunshots were triggered
by attempted jailbreak of detainees at the SSS headquarters by suspected
members of Boko Haram. Continue to see tweets and pics from witnesses this morning. SEE MORE

10:14:00

Actors and co-stars Damilola Adegbite and Chris Attoh are expecting their first child as Dami is said to be pregnant. She's even already showing. The couple have since postponed their wedding, which was initially scheduled for this weekend April 12th. They are planning to wed after Dami gives birth.. or they will just have a quiet wedding when no one is looking...:-). Congrats to them.

10:05:00

 President Obama’s aunt, Zeituni Onyango, who won asylum in 2010 after living illegally in Boston for several years, died on Monday night in a nursing home in the city, her legal team said.



The law office of Margaret W. Wong, one of Onyango’s immigration lawyers, confirmed on Tuesday that she died the night before in her sleep at the Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation Harborlights facility in South Boston.

Onyango, 61, had taken ill in January and suffered from breast cancer and respiratory problems, Wong and a relative said. Information on funeral arrangements was not available.
The White House had no comment on Onyango’s passing. She was a native of Kenya and moved to South Boston in 2000, Wong’s office said. She was the half-sister of Obama’s late father.

A receptionist at the South Boston nursing home where Onyango died said on Tuesday that no one was available to speak with the media.culled

16:24:00

April 9th, 2014 – Uche Jumbo-Rodriguez Is Pregnant For Hubby Kenny – Uche Jombo-Rodriguez, popular Nollywood actress who many of know is now married to her darling, Kenny Rodriguez is now pregnant with her first child. Yeah!!! i am so happy for her.Uche Jumbo-Rodriguez recently returned from her very long stay with her Husband in Dallas, and news have it that she is in her second trimester and really looks  gorgeous with her pregnancy.
Uche and Kenney Rodriguez are expecting their bundle of joy after summer of 2014. Wow! The very lively Uche Jumbo is presently suffering from pregnancy related sleeping bouts. How sweet.
Now for those of us who don’t know Uche Jumbo’s husband, Kenny Rodriguez or can’t remember what he looks like, he is the handsome brother you see with Uche Jumbo.
FreshGist says a very fat congratulations to Uche Jumbo-Rodriguez and her Husband Kenney Rodriguez.

16:19:00

President Jonathan's Daughter Receieves 80 Cars As Wedding Gift,President Jonathan's Daughter's Traditional Wedding Photos
April 9th, 2014 – President Jonathan’s Daughter Gets 80 Cars As Wedding Gift – The traditional wedding ceremony of President Goodluck Jonathan’s daughter, Faith Elizabeth Sakwe, is still shaking the nooks and cranny of Bayelsa State. Faith Elizabeth Sakwe who got married to her high school sweetheart, Godswill Osim Edward traditionally on the 5th of April, in President Jonathan’s hometown, Otuoke received 80 cars as wedding gift from dignitaries.
Sources from Bayelsa State, disclosed that all the PDP governors and dignitaries who came to the wedding ceremony of the heavily pregnant Faith Sakwe and her darling husband, Godswill Osim Edward who hails from Cross River State gave a car each.
It was also revealed that the dignitaries who attended were all from PDP, and that none came from APC. I wonder how many cars it would have been if our ogas at the top in APC attended? It is just wonderful, i must say.
What more can a bride and her groom ask for? Faith Sakwe and Godswill Osim Edward are really lucky people, but i would rather call them, blessed people.
FreshGist wishes Faith Sakwe and Godswill Osim Edward the sweetest of marriages, and many more cars and houses at the white wedding. Lols.

17:17:00

God, give this guy strength. Looks like they are trying to lock him up this time. Chris Brown was loaded onto a con-air flight to D.C. last Thursday to face misdemeanor assault charges for attacking a fan back in October but didn't get there until late yesterday, (the plane stops in different cities to pick other prisoners) making him miss his first hearing.

In his absence, a judge rejected his request to dismiss his case on the grounds that the prosecution unlawfully took the case before a grand jury, meaning his case is moving forward.

According to reports, after Chris Brown arrived D.C yesterday, he was transferred to the Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, Virginia where he will stay until the start of his trial on April 17th.

17:02:00

 The interim  Chairman of  All Progressives Congress(APC)for  Ward  9 in Umuogerem  Obibi, Etche in Etche Local Government  Area of Rivers State, Mr. Chimezie  Anucha, has  been assassinated.  He was   shot  dead   at  Achara  Obibi,  between  7 and 8 am  on   Sunday, April 6.
A source  disclosed   how   the victim  who was living in Port Harcourt,  was phoned  earlier in the day, and  the caller  requested  that  he  should  come to  Achara  for  a business  deal.The victim,  who was  also Chairman  of  Community Development Committee(CDC),   was  driving     to  his village,  in  his Lexus  Sport Utility Vehicle(SUV),   before  he  had  a  flat  tyre  close  to  Achara, where  the purported  business  transaction was   to take place.

13:56:00

Lagos, Benin and Enugu
witnessed real fun last weekend when the #MTNCelebdouble finally produced the
company’s ambassadors’ look-alikes. It was hard to differentiate between most
of the musical superstars and their close splitting images.

This resulted in momentary suspense,
mixed with fun, as the hundreds of musical fans who thronged to the separate
clubs, to be part of the Invasion, struggled to spot out the real image. The
fans were thrilled to meet their idolised celebrities and the ‘doubles’. Continue...

13:39:00

Kate Middleton and Prince William
began their 3-week royal tour of New Zealand and Australia today Monday April 7th, and were greeted by half-naked traditional Maori warriors at New Zealand Government House in Wellington. See the way she's checking the guy out. Bad princess...lol. More pics after the cut...

11:30:00

30 year old Nwode Chukwudi Awam, was arrested last week for beheading his father, 56 year old Michael Awam and eating his neck. The
Ebonyi State Police Command, who paraded the killer on Thursday April 3rd, said the incident occurred at Egwudinagu Obegu village in Ebonyi LGA of the state.
"When
the police went for him, he was waving the machete which he used to cut
his father’s head and threatening to kill anybody that gets close to
him. He was overpowered all the same. He ate the neck’
"He
was seen eating the entire stub of the neck. So when you look at the
exhibit, the head doesn’t have the neck even though he did the beheading
from the base of the shoulder. You will not see the part of the body
that is supposed to be the neck; he ate it up. We can say that it is not unconnected with ritual because it does appear that he may have been asked to do such a thing." The State Police Public Relations Officer,
Assistant Superintendent of Police Chris Anyanwu, said
 Very graphics photos when you continue *viewer discretion advised*...

09:53:00

Resident doctors commenced a 3-day warning strike to protest the
poor working conditions at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, as well as to compel the LUTH
management to expunge certain clauses in the appointment letters of new
resident doctors.

Getting a residency training is essentially an act of God now because
there are not enough training centers. When you get in you spend about
six and half years specializing then to be thrown back into the labour
market in search of a job as a consultant. Continue...

09:34:00


A fan tweeted that 'all Wizkid has done this year is take instagram pictures'. The comment made the entertainer feel some type of way and he fired back at the fan, saying 'he's probably made more money than the fan has ever made in life!' Ouch!

Within a few minutes, Wizkid & the fan @Mr_Feye were trending on Twitter. See some more tweets after the cut...

13:10:00

Nollywood actress, Lizzy Gold, says the major criteria for any man to woo her is that he must be rich and that no poor man should even think of admiring her picture, let alone 'toast' her. In a chat with Entertainment Express, Lizzy also said bank alerts turn her on. What she said below...
"A poor man shouldn't even think of admiring my picture, not to talk of wooing me. I love money so much so I can't marry a poor man. I don't even want a man who is merely comfortable. My interest and affection are for millionaires, if possible billionaires. Money means so much to me, in fact money makes me wet. Sometimes when I imagine so much money in my account, I could just get wet. Bank alert is like my best friend. I just need to imagine so much money in my account and I am turned on. When I get a credit alert on my account, Oh my God, I get turned on immediately.
Lizzy says asides having money and being willing to spend it on her, another very important thing she looks out for in a man is that he must be well 'endowed'.
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